Eyesore buildings in Fresno’s Tower District are the target of a new effort by the city, which will use a new law to rouse owners who don’t maintain their buildings.
The Vacant Business Ordinance is a pilot project that is being tested in Tower, where buildings like those once occupied by a Starbucks and Babylon Club have sat blighted and unoccupied for years.
The Chicken Pie Shop hasn’t opened its doors since the diner’s owner retired in 2019, and its boarded up windows can be seen from across Olive Avenue at Cuca’s Restaurant…